Weather:
- Sky partly cloudy, intermittent fog
- Visibility varying between 0-15 miles
- Wind 20-30 knots W
- Water rough, waves to half a metre with some whitecaps
Boats/Visitors:
- No visitors today
- The whale watching boats continue to decrease in volume, this month looks to be a turning point in their season.
Ecological:
- We spotted the sea lion with plastic around its neck on the jetty last night, and today it was hauled out onto land between the helicopter pad and the guest house. We contacted DFO, and the entanglement response team will assess if it’s a job that they can do.
- This afternoon we saw a blue heron, which we haven’t seen before out here.
Maintenance:
- The Coast Guard visited briefly a few days ago. They stayed on RR for about an hour and did some maintenance on the fog horn system. Two people came on to land, and a third stayed in the Coast Guard zodiac.
-
- (1) The entangled sea lion on the jetty.
-
- (2) The offending material looks like it may be polypropylene strap, the kind used when packing and shipping large boxes.
-
- (3) It looks like it hurts.
-
- Working on the fog horn.
-
- The coast guard vessel.
-
- A large sea lion defends its position from the highest part of a rock.
-
- A small seal in front of the boat shed.
-
- It doesn’t seem to mind resting with the larger sea lions.
-
- Taking a dip in the ocean!
